doas Alternatives

doas is described as 'A port of OpenBSD's doas which runs on FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and illumos' and is an app. There are three alternatives to doas for Linux, FreeBSD and Mac. The best doas alternative is OpenDoas, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like doas are sudo and sudo-rs.

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A port of OpenBSD's doas which runs on FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and illumos.

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doas alternatives page was last updated Apr 2, 2025
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  1. OpenDoas icon

    OpenDoas

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    A portable fork of the OpenBSD doas command. Very minimal alternative to sudo.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    OpenDoas VS doas

     

    • OpenDoas is the most popular Linux alternative to doas.

    • OpenDoas is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to doas.

    • OpenDoas is Free and Open Sourcedoas is also Free and Open Source
  2. sudo icon

    sudo

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    Run commands as root.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    sudo VS doas

     

    • sudo is the most popular Mac alternative to doas.

    • sudo is Free and Open Sourcedoas is also Free and Open Source

  4. sudo-rs

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    A memory safe implementation of sudo and su.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    sudo-rs Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Rust

    sudo-rs VS doas

     
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